Durham

Method Steel engraved with original hand colour
Artist Pigot, James
Published Published by Pigot & Co. 59 Fleet Street, London & Fountain St Manchester. Engraved on Steel by Pigot & Co, Manchester [1840]
Dimensions 225 x 355 mm
Notes A decorative nineteenth century map of County Durham, from Pigot's British Atlas. The borders of Durham and adjoining counties are outlined in colour, and at the bottom left, a large vignette presents a view of Durham Cathedral.

James Pigot (1769-1843) was an English cartographer, engraver, printer, and publisher. He is best known for his series of finely engraved oblong county maps, issued in various National Commercial Directories throughout the 1820s and 1830s, and published collectively as Pigot & Co's British Atlas in 1831. Pigot traded in London with Charles Elkins and Isaac Slater under the names Pigot & Co and Pigot & Slater, while at the same time trading in Manchester in partnership with his son, James Pigot Jnr, under the name Pigot & Son.

Condition: Minor time toning and foxing to margins. Blank on verso.
Framing unmounted
Price £100.00
Stock ID 51576

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